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Who doesn’t love French Fries? It was that Summery Monday evening when no one would want to go in the kitchen, the reason being soaring temperature in north India. But as usual I was hungry 😀 and since I wanted good food, I thought to make something easy peasy. And what’s better than the homemade french fries, the Indian style! Last I had these french fries were at Mc Donald’s… The fast-food joint, Mc D and french fries sounds familiar, right? The challenge was to make the french fries crispy and yayyy, I did it!

Before heading to the recipe, I would want you to know that I used this cutter to get the potato french fries evenly, just like the way we get it outside. You can also cut the potato fingers with a knife, but trust me, it gets a lot easier if you have this cutter. I will share the review for the same in coming days.

To know the recipe of crispy french fries and how to make it in an easy way… scroll down.

Step-by-Step Method for Homemade Crispy French Fries, Indian style

Rinse, peel the potatoes and rinse again. Keep the peeled potatoes in cold water. Cut them one by one. As said earlier, I had used the cutter to get equal sized potato fingers to make restaurant-style crispy french fries. You can chop the potatoes with a knife. Cut all the potatoes in equal size.

Now, keep all the chopped potatoes in cold water for five minutes; in this way, the potatoes won’t darken. Take the potatoes out after five minutes and rub the potato fingers on a towel to remove any excess water.

In a deep wok or kadhai, add refined oil and heat. Fry the potatoes in batches. Fry till they just get soft or could be easily pricked with a fork. Likewise, fry all the chopped potatoes.

Now, keep the fried french fries in the freezer for 10 minutes. We need to fry them again. Frying french fries twice make them crispy from outside and soft as required from inside.

After ten minutes, take out the potato fingers and fry them again in batches. This time, take note that the oil must be extremely hot. Do not simmer at any point. Take out the fries when dark golden and allow the excess oil to drain.

Aloo ki kachori is typically a north Indian dish. You can take it in snacks and if you are a kachori lover, you would definitely want to have it in breakfasts too.

Kachori is a deep fried, crispy and flaky pastry, similar to samosa. But it is different in shape and taste, and the ingredients too. You can make kachoris from peas, aloo, moong dal, urad dal or keema stuffing. I chose to make and share aloo kachori recipe as potatoes are my daughter’s favourite. Continue reading Aloo ki Kachori – a Special Holiday Snack

Here is the step by step guide to Chatpata Kala Chana recipe. You can call it chana chat too.

Kala chana is known with various names – black gram, dark chickpeas, Bengal gram and desi chana. It is highly nutritious and is a rich source of vitamins and minerals. Kala chana is considered as dal and vegetable both. Continue reading Chatpata Kala Chana Recipe for Ramadan

Dahi Ke Kebab is just the cuisine you would want to have in snacks, again and again!

This recipe for Dahi ke Kebab is easy and beware you are going to ask for more! Happy eating!

I had Dahi ke Kebab at Sahib Sind Sultan, Hyderabad, in starters and at the very moment I fell in love with these veg Kababs. They were so yummy that I ordered one more plate! And no sooner I got the table the next time at this restaurant, I again ordered Dahi ke Kabab. I, absolutely, loved this melt-in-mouth vegetarian Kebab. And at my own risk tried the recipe at home, which turned out to be awesome!

I had tried making this both the ways – by deep frying and by shallow frying. Though I loved the taste of deep fried Kababs more, the Dahi ke Kabab recipe usually involves shallow frying.

How to Make Dahi Ke Kabab

The main ingredients for Dahi ke Kabab are the hung curd, roasted chana powder (gram flour or besan), coriander and dry fruits. So, Kebab lovers, let’s learn how to make Dahi ke Kabab with this easy recipe.

Time taken: 30-40 minutes; Servings: 6 Kababs

Dahi Ke Kabab Ingredients

Ingredients

400 gm Hung Curd

3 tbsp roasted gram flour or besan, roasted

2 tsp Kashmiri mirch powder

1 tsp green elaichi powder (cardamom powder)

3-4 pinches cloves powder

1/4 tsp cinnamon powder

Salt to taste

Refined Oil for deep frying/shallow frying

5 tbsp Maida (all-purpose flour)

For stuffing

2 tsp very finely chopped cashews

4 tsp almonds, very finely chopped

3 tsp walnuts, finely chopped

7-8 golden raisins, finely chopped

2 green chillies

1 1/2 tbsp chopped green coriander

2 tsp saunth (ginger powder)

Method

In a bowl, mix all the ingredients for stuffing. Later, add 2 tsp full curd paste, we are making below. Mix again.

You can take finely chopped ginger, if you don’t have ginger powder or saunth at home.

Take a medium size portion from the curd paste. Make an incision with your fingers at the centre of the portion and fill it with a small portion of stuffing. Cover the stuffing with very light hands. Now, give it a shape of kabab or patty.

You can apply some refined oil on your palm and fingers and then make patty, the paste won’t stick much in your hands.

Dust this raw Dahi ka Kabab in maida or all-purpose flour and keep aside. Repeat the process to make more Dahi ke Kebabs.

Once done, take a pan, pour oil and heat it on high flame. When the oil is hot, deep or shallow fry the kababs one by one in the oil till golden.

Dahi Ke Kabab

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve Dahi ke Kabab with any chutney you like or just have as it is.

Fruit Chat Recipe is quick and easy to make. You can have it in snacks, before evening tea 🙂

Say Chat and you will see our brightened faces – that’s how we react on the word Chat! But this Fruit chat recipe is very different from a typical chat like aloo tikki, dahi puri, pani puri and more.

The fruit chat has sweet and tangy taste. Try it out once and I’m sure you’ll love it. The fruit chat recipe is super easy and quick to make. It can be made within 15 minutes if you are good and fast at cutting the fruits 🙂

This easy and colourful cuisine is popular by the name of fruit chat in north India and in the rest of India, it is also known as fruit salad. Call it fruit chat or fruit salad, you’ll get addicted to this snack, I’m sure. Continue reading Fruit Chat, a Quick and Easy Recipe

Recently I went to Karachi Bakery and saw this namkeen. I have this habit of wandering around whenever I go to bakeries or food store. And woah! this Cornflakes namkeen attracted my attention. I was going to buy but later thought, let’s try this at home. I examined the Cornflakes namkeen pack like a pro 😉 … well it seemed easy and there I go, I memorised what all ingredients I could see in it and bingo! I made it at home and it was tasty, easy and such a quick and healthy snack. You can have this snack with evening chai! Continue reading Cornflakes Namkeen, 15-Minute Recipe

Mixed Veg Rolls and Kebabs are an amazing snacks or side dish, specially for kids. You can serve the veg kebabs as starters by making it in the shape of kebabs. It is purely an Indian dish. Mixed Veg Rolls are made with many vegetables. You can give variations to the mixed veg kebab by adding many other vegetables that are easily available in market.